National Qualifications Framework Act, 2008 (Act 67 of 2008)NoticesOccupational Qualifications Sub-Framework (OQSF) PolicyChapter l : The Occupational Qualifications Sub-Framework in context7 - 10. Purpose of the OQSF |
| 7. | In accordance with the Bill of Rights, every citizens has the right to choose their trade, occupation or profession freely. To enable the realisation of this right the OQSF must make available qualifications that would give people access to such occupations, trades or professions. |
| 8. | The OQSF is designed to: |
| 8.1 | Facilitate the learning of post school learners to contribute to the social, cultural and economic development of South Africa. |
| 8.2 | Provide occupational and part qualifications that can be credibly benchmarked against similar international occupational qualification. |
| 8.3 | Be simple, easy to understand and user-friendly. |
| 8.4 | Facilitate as far as possible the articulation between occupational and part qualifications within the framework, and across the NQF to qualifications developed and managed by other Quality Councils. |
| 9. | The awarding of an occupational or part qualification indicates that a learner has successfully completed a coherent and purposeful programme at a particular level on the NQF, and that the learner has been externally assessed as occupationally competent. |
| 10. | Standards are developed to design, the implementation and quality assurance of learning programmes that lead to occupational and part qualifications. |